Analysis of The Merchant of Venice

Analysis of The Merchant of Venice Short plot summary. The adopt is well-nigh the jewish businessman usurer who lived during the 1500s. The wealthy prince Antonio wants to borrow specie with reason to help his athletic supporter Bassanio. Antonio invested all told his money on merchant ships. But, Antonios plan failed the merchant ships were wreck and now he didnt have the money to re-pay shylock. When loan shark didnt receive his money, he and Antonio both agreed that usurer would receive a pound of flesh from Antonios body. The married couple Bassanio and Portia, are friends with Antonio and they know they had to help him.Portia offered Shylock triple the amount of what the money was really worth. Shylock rejected the offer but Portia had a plan to solve the predicament Disguise as a male judge to save her friend and also be to a greater extent extreme by making Shylock worthless. Analysis. In the movie there are several motives such as good vs. evil, kindness and cru elty, religion dilemmas (Christian vs. Jew), tragedy etc. These opposites are all common with Shakespeares writings. Among the chief(prenominal) characters, Antonio is the one who is unselfish because he wants to help his friend, he represents goodness.Shylock isnt actually the evil-one, hes more of a vindictive individual because he lives in a fraternity full of anti-Semitism and with a daughter who left him for a Christian man. I think Shylock has full right to receive a pound of flesh from Antonios body because both parties signed a contract (they both agreed on this) The movie is also about destiny and power. Whatever happened to the merchant ships is nothing Antonio, or any early(a) human, can do about it. When Antonio borrows money of Shylock, he gives the Jewish businessman all the power.During the final scene when theyre all gathered in court, Shakespeare clearly shows he wants to maintain the Christian morality and make Shylock clean by interchangeing to Christianity. B ecause Shylock is a Jew, hes have as an evil person. From the films and Shakespeares perspective, there is exclusively one religion that is acceptable. This could be a symbol for the fights between the deuce religions and the main characters. Revenge is one of the main parts in this movie. Shylock uses his work and abundance to pursue his revenge. If the loan neer had occurred Shylock would never had been able to take the evenge to another level. Though Shylock never succeeded his revenge, his main goal was vengeance and never hesitated to stop his work. Tragedy occurs when Shylock looses everything in court and has to beg for mercy. He has to give all his abundance to his daughter, convert to Christianity. He didnt do anything wrong, lived in a anti-semitism society. preceding(prenominal) all, he had a signed contract of the deal. But, Portias rhetorical skills dark the situation around when she argued that no blood, not more than the weight of a pound was allowed when cutting the flesh. This was impossible to accomplish.